Sabres-Bruins, Sabres-Pens among NBC hockey games

by jmaloni

Press release

Tue, Mar 26th 2013 05:30 pm

In one of sports'
classic rivalries, Brian Gionta and
the Montreal Canadiens (45 pts.) travel to TD Garden in Boston to take on Zdeno Chara and the Boston Bruins (45 pts.)
in a head-to-head battle for the top spot in the Northeast Division, on NBC
Sports Network's "Wednesday Night
Rivalry" at 7:30 p.m. Emmy Award-winning play-by-play commentator Mike "Doc" Emrick, analyst Eddie Olczyk, and "Inside-the-Glass"
analyst Pierre McGuire will call
the game.

In addition to NBC
Sports Network's "Wednesday Night
Rivalry" matchup between the Canadiens and Bruins, NBC and NBC Sports
Network will also deliver coverage of four other games over three days and
nights, beginning Sunday: Chicago Blackhawks-Detroit Red Wings, Sunday at 12:30
p.m. on NBC; Boston Bruins-Buffalo Sabres, Sunday at 7:30 p.m. on NBC Sports
Network; Colorado Avalanche-Detroit Red Wings, Monday at 7:30 p.m. on NBC Sports
Network; and Buffalo Sabres-Pittsburgh Penguins, Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. on NBC
Sports Network.

Blackhawks-Red Wings

"NHL on NBC" coverage
will continue on Sunday, March 31, at 12:30 p.m. with a classic Central
Division matchup between the league-leading Chicago Blackhawks (51 pts.), who
started the season with a record-breaking 22-game point streak, and the Detroit
Red Wings (39 pts.), who are currently in second place in the division. The
Blackhawks and Red Wings have split their two previous meetings this season,
with both games ending in 2-1 final scores. Emrick, Olczyk and McGuire will call the action from Joe
Louis Arena in Detroit.

Bruins-Sabres

Sunday night on NBC
Sports Network, the Boston Bruins (45 pts.) will travel to the First Niagara
Center in Buffalo to take on the Sabres (30 pts.) at 7:30 p.m. The Bruins are
tied with the Canadiens for the top spot in the Northeast and will look to
capitalize against the Sabres, who are making a late-season surge in the
playoff race. Dave Strader
(play-by-play) and Brian Engblom
("Inside-the-Glass") will call the game.

Avalanche-Red Wings

Monday, April 1, the
Detroit Red Wings will host the Colorado Avalanche (26 pts.) at 7:30 p.m. on
NBC Sports Network. Emrick and McGuire will call the game from Joe
Louis Arena in Detroit.

Sabres-Penguins

On Tuesday, April 2,
Sidney Crosby and the surging Pittsburgh Penguins (50 pts.) will take the ice
against the Buffalo Sabres at 7:30 p.m. on NBC Sports Network. The Penguins
have won 12 consecutive games and are chasing the Blackhawks for the top spot
in the league. If the Penguins continue their current win streak, the team will
enter its game against Buffalo having won 15 straight games, tied for second most
in the history of the NHL ('82-83 New York Islanders). A win against the Sabres
could put Pittsburgh one game shy of tying the record for most consecutive wins
in the history of the league ('92-93 Pittsburgh Penguins - 17 games). Strader and Engblom will call the action from the Consol Energy Center in
Pittsburgh.